LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Crew's Gift to the Institution
THE Cresswell Life-boat is taking part in a procession in the neighbouring town of Ashington during August in aid of the Institution. It has been possible to arrange this without incurring any expense, as not only has the coal company which...
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Thetis of Gothenburg
On the 18th November, the Licensed Victualler life-boat put off, during a strong wind and hazy weather, and rescued from their boat the crew of 16 men belonging to the barque Thetis, of Gothenburg, which had gone on the Woolpack Sand, about...
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, by the kind permission of the Eight Honourable The LORD MAYOR of London, on Monday, the 8th clay of April, 1872, CAPTAIN His ROYAL HIGHNESS...
Category: Annual Reports
Messenger
SCILLY.—During the night of the 27th October the wind blew a very heavy gale from the W.S.W., and early on the morning of the 28th signals of distress were observed from the direction of Trescoe.
Thp Henry Dundas Life-boat...
Life-Boat House: Change of Address
OWING to the fact that the present Head- quarters at Life-boat House, Charing Cross Road, have for some years been too small for the staff required to deal with the constant expansion of the Institution's activities, the Committee of...
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Tonga
Weymouth, Dorset - At 8.14 p.m. on 23rd July, 1967, news was received that the yacht Tonga was in difficulties with engine trouble and was drifting 17^ miles south south west of Portland Bill. After ascertaining that a tow could not be...
Albion, of Beaumaris
The schooner Albion, of Bcaumaris, while at anchor about a mile and a half from the Life-boat station, on the 12th February, during a strong S.S.W. wind, hoisted a signal of disti'ess. The Life-boat Eleanor proceeded to her, and, at the...
Saint Areta
Intelligence was re- ceived here on the 13th November, that a brigantine was in a very dangerous posi- tion near Carmarthen Pier and the Cefn Sidan Sands, and she was afterwards seen to be heading northwards, and to be near the breakers. The...
1924: (Right) on London's Rnli Centenary Flag Day the Duke and Duchess of York Touring Collection Depots Talk to Captain Lawson Smith In Diving Kit Outside the Mansion House
1924: (right) On London's RNLI centenary flag day, the Duke and Duchess of York, touring collection depots, talk to Captain Lawson Smith, in diving kit, outside the Mansion House.. - View image in PDF
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Representatives of Overseas Maritime Authorities and LiEsaving Associations Are Always Welcome at Rnli Headquarters Among Recent Visitors to Poole Was Rear Co
Representatives of overseas maritime authorities and li.esaving associations are always welcome at RNLI headquarters. Among recent visitors to Poole was Rear Commodore J. B. Pearson of North Queensland Squadron, Australian Volunteer Coast... - View image in PDF
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